in the tell allstate of ohio, we are there live and will talk to officials to find out who they think is winning. hour two, "fox & friends" friday starts right now. >> steve: good morning, everybody. live from studio e, we've got the great eric bowling from "the five" with us today. >> eric: love it. >> steve: brian taking another day off. meanwhile, president obama and mitt romney are making their final pitches to voters with four days to go until the election. mike emmanuel is live in hilliard, ohio. mike, why is the president spending so much time in ohio, he said with tongue in cheek? >> steve, good morning. three stops in ohio today. you're going to see president obama and key surrogates in the buckeye state basically from this point forward until election day. ohio and wisconsin are clearly part of president obama's midwestern firewall, if you will, trying to make sure that mitt romney does not have a path to get to 260 electoral votes. so expect to see the president here and two other stops later today and having key surrogates try to make sure the buckeye state is in his colum